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Christine, Happy Birthday!!!

Updated: Feb 17

Stardate: Feb.11, 1983...


Cora: May this and other family tales become part of your bedtime story hour (or longer if you want to delay going to bed [see below for tips])...


Here are your Grandma and Grandpa Callahan on the day your Mom was carried into our world...


Nor'easter Buries New York City Under Blanket Of Snow - CBS New York (02:26)

--says up to 11" fell in parts of Queens


Blizzard of 1983 buries New York region with as many as 2 feet of snow - Eyewitness News 7 (04:27)

--lighthearted look


A sledding we will go...


Born in a Snowstorm - Jimmy Rhythm


Next on the turntable... I have a friend Steve B (your "Grate" Uncle Mike knows him, too - we all surfed together). Steve says there's a Grateful Dead song for every occasion. And this is no "snow job." FYI- I subscribe to this "LongStrangeTrip710" channel and was pleased but not surprised at this post-appropriate footage...


Cold Rain and Snow - Grateful Dead (02:27)


Science and Gynecology...


'Storm babies': The fascinating reason so many women go into labour during a storm.

--A post from "down under"...seriously : )))

--[from this article] In a study published in the Archives of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, it was found that, “spontaneous delivery is related to barometric pressure”.


This Baby Was Born In A Blizzard

--not the first in this family...


Delaying bedtime... SNEEZY THE SNOWMAN Book Read Aloud (05:27)

--a great tale about what it sometimes takes to learn life's lessons. I've got plenty of experience with this...Call it Karma, Summer School or whatever...We keep repeating until we learn...At this point in my 75 years, I call it Grace. "Slick", huh? (more below...Do follow the rabbit...)

--for more on this matter, checkout the Surprise Movie Trailer below...


To reduce his Karmic load, Sneezy should learn from this guy and head off to see the...


https://youtu.be/nauLgZISozs


Let's play a pretend game...39 and holding...




Seeing that you've reached a significant number of circuits around our sun, let me share another "oldtimer's" perspective:

Jack Benny, 39 and holding...(00:09)


...please see closing song for more on this matter...


For when you come of age...


Surprise Movie Trailer (02:29)


When you get old enough to sleep on a Surrealistic Pillow, you might begin to dream of other white-colored images...


White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane (02:23)


White Rabbit - Alice in Wonderland - Animated (with Jefferson Airplane) (02:53)


"Library" Reading Matter...


Today in NYC History: John Lindsay’s No Good, Very Bad Snowstorm of 1969

--Feb. 9-11, 1969

--15" fell in "and things were worst in Queens...many roads remained unplowed a full week after the storm.


Christine, a song-prayer to express my heartfelt wishes for you...and Ben...and Cora...and the rest of us...

May we remain...


Forever Young - Rod Stewart (04:03)


#music #humor #snowstorm #JimmyRhythm #GratefulDead #BillMurray #GroundHogDay #karma #WizardOfOz #scarecrow #RodStewart #JeffersonAirplane


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